onchocerciasis
noun
called also river blindness
Example Sentences
Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022 River blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, is the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the world. Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2021 Doctors have prescribed ivermectin for humans to treat parasitic worm diseases like intestinal strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021 During the first 10 years of the program, ivermectin was donated for use against river blindness (onchocerciasis). Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021 The claim that ivermectin causes infertility traces back to a flawed 2011 Nigerian study, in which researchers analyzed 37 men with onchocerciasis. Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2021 Firstly, the research looked at 385 patients with onchocerciasis, but ultimately decided to only enroll 37 of them in the study, excluding a whopping 90% of potential participants due to initial low sperm counts. Victoria Forster, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021 The drug is available with a prescription to treat head lice, onchocerciasis (river blindness) and other ailments in humans. Jake Zuckerman And Terry Demio, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2021 It’s used in humans to treat head lice, onchocerciasis (river blindness) and other ailments. Jake Zuckerman And Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
New Latin Onchocerca, genus of filarial worms (from oncho-, probably erroneously for onco-, from Greek ónkos "barb of an arrow" + -o- -o- + -kerka, feminine of -kerkos "having a tail [of the kind specified]," adjective derivative of kérkos "tail") + -iasis — more at angle entry 2, cercus
Note: The genus Onchocerca was introduced by the Austrian zoologist Karl Moriz Diesing (1800-67) in a brief Latin description of the worm Onchocerca reticulata appended to an article by J. Hermann, "Trichina, bei einem Pferde gefunden," Oesterreichische medicinische Wochenschrift, 1841, no. 9 (February 27), p. 199-200. Diesing's coinage is presumed to mean "hook-tailed," on the assumption that his oncho- is a mistake for onco-, but nothing in the description renders this self-evident. Perhaps the reference is to the spicule (copulatory organ) of the male.
1911, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
onchocerciasis
noun
called also onchocercosis, river blindness
see craw-craw